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Column stiffness is affected by column directions if the long direction is with earthquake direction or is not what is the effect of distribution of columns directions?
11 November 2014 4,424 3 View
Sorry but I'm a beginner and have no specific knowledge when it comes to BIM and Building Control, but do any of the programs used in BIM deal with the issue of Building Control in the sense that...
11 November 2014 2,664 4 View
Cemented carbide materials possessing a favourable combination of high hardness, reasonable fracture toughness and high wear resistance Recent progress in hardmetals is based on refinement of the...
11 November 2014 2,495 0 View
If the house has an “inside” wall and “outside” wall , or if “inside and outside” sides of the wall can be considered different. The project studies the possibility of a fixed core that is moved...
11 November 2014 5,002 11 View
Am investigating consultant related variations in building construction projects. I want to find out the best approach considering the fact that I have singled out the consultant as the only...
11 November 2014 7,549 2 View
In order to make more useful spaces in structure, "hanging mezzanine" concept has been adopted, in which the mid-storey is supported from the top floor. can anybody help me in the design process?
10 October 2014 4,185 6 View
I test flexural behavior of reinforced lightweight concrete beam. I used two percentage of reinforcement. These ratios are 0,01005 and 0,01508. I got load for 0,01508 ratio double and half load of...
10 October 2014 8,383 4 View
Concrete is known as it is consists of at least 4 ingredients. Mortar is also very well known as a matrix of at least 3 ingredients. Now there is a trend of some researchers to call “foamed...
10 October 2014 7,467 6 View
The identification of the dynamic properties of masonry tower is essential for the calibration of advance FE models.
10 October 2014 6,989 3 View
In several articles that use scaled models, they always talk about this: "Because the system under consideration is a scaled model, the earthquake must be reproduced at five times the recorded...
10 October 2014 2,056 8 View
settlement in shallow foundations in liquefiable soils
10 October 2014 7,924 2 View
I am using SIMULINK to simulate a structure reaction and i'm using a reduced scale model structure. I want to know how to reduce the seismic data so it can be adapted to my reduced scale model so...
10 October 2014 1,212 4 View
Active confinement is achivied by a SMS+FRP system.This can be very helpful when cracked masonry need to be rehabilitated also instiffness, even if strength increase is found as same as passive...
09 September 2014 8,470 1 View
I meant to ask... 1. Need of minimum transverse or longitudinal reinforcement? 2. Difference in post construction effects of FRC column with normal steel reinforced concrete column? or Anything...
09 September 2014 8,946 3 View
Exfoliated Kaolinite-Clay. Thanks in advance.
09 September 2014 2,348 1 View
What is the standard specification for the test method of moisture resistance?
09 September 2014 7,879 1 View
There were quite some catastrophic fires out-breaking in the buildings during construction in both Asian and Europe. Is there any research works carried out on the structural fire engineering and...
08 August 2014 2,737 1 View
I am doing my Master and looking for the best methodology to do a qualitative research on the applicability of the western management practices in the Middle East region . Is there any suggestion...
07 July 2014 2,874 6 View
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05 May 2014 1,159 4 View
Is it possible to achieve this without affecting the strength and durability of structures? We know that raw and construction materials used in cement-concrete system are affecting our environment...
05 May 2014 8,736 8 View
The Full Question: "What effect will prefabricated building systems, concentrating primarily on mid to high-rise buildings, have on architecture in Australian cities / construction & property...
05 May 2014 5,909 3 View
The construction industry sector has been identified as a slow adopter of sustainability. What are some of the challenges specific to the construction industry that is hampering its progress? Are...
05 May 2014 4,315 8 View
Some perform TGA under nitrogen environment and some under air. Also, some dry their samples before performing TGA and some do the TGA without drying the powdered hardened paste samples. If we dry...
05 May 2014 7,154 9 View
I have seen that tensile strength of concrete is always lower than compressive strength values (generally 10-12 folds). How can we enhance the tensile strength of the concrete? Is it possible to...
04 April 2014 7,382 13 View